Project Risk Management Workshop

Anticipating and managing project risk can mean the difference between complete project failure and total project success.

Course description: This workshop enables participants to work with risk management tools and techniques using interactive exercises and teamwork. Learn more about how to perform risk assessments and to put safeguards in place to eliminate risks that can be avoided while minimizing the effects of non-controllable events.

Network with professionals while improving your understanding of:

- Risk management theory and terminology
- How planning for risks can improve project performance
- Risk identification and analysis techniques
- Risk categorization and ratings
- Probability and impact risk assessments
- How to respond to and control project risks
- The formal Risk Analysis process



Featured Speaker(s)

About our speaker: Lee Brannan, CPA and president of Corporate Applications Training Consultants, Inc. (CATC). Lee founded CATC in 1996 to serve training and documentation needs for large software implementation projects. CATC clients include United Parcel Service, UPS V Supply Chain Solutions, The American Foundation for the Blind, British Broadcasting Corporation, Georgia Pacific and AT&T.

CATC, provides training and documentation solutions for large businesses, incorporating a commitment to excellence and a solutions oriented approach to software implementation. Her past experience includes:

• Project Manager
• National Lecturer
• Software Training Designer and Developer
• University Lecturer
• Public Accountant
• Corporate Tax Accountant
Lee's teaching experience includes corporate training, continuing professional education for CPAs, and university teaching. She taught accounting, management, and computer science courses for the European Division of the University of Maryland, Georgia State, Keller Graduate School, and University of the Ozarks. Lee also spent several years as an accounting software industry spokesperson and performed staff training for CPA firms across the US.

As an active member of the American Institute of CPAs, the Georgia Society of CPAs (past board member) and the Georgia State Board of Accountancy, Lee continues to support the accounting profession. Lee also served as Treasure for the Board of Directors for her bank, Bond Community Credit Union and as the Director of Mentorship for Women in Technology. Lee has participated in organizations such as Technology Association of Georgia, Women in Technology International, Board of Directors Network, American Society of Training Development and the Independent Training Consultants Network.

Schedule of Events

There will be opportunity for networking before and after the workshop. Light snacks and beverages will be available.